Not quite as exciting as banding oystercatcher chicks, but still worth noting. The female gray kingbird is sitting on her nest in the top of a palm tree in the parking lot of the Ocean Plaza Resort. She did not, after all, make a nest in the sign.
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| Female Gray Kingbird on nest |
Her mate keeps watch nearby, often perched on the sign itself.
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| Gray Kingbird keeping watch |
One hazard of nesting above a parking lot is cars and car mirrors. I watched as presumably the male attempted to drive off the intruder reflected in the windows and mirrors.
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| Gray kingbird on car mirror. |
Babies and puppies can have the same upset when encountering a friend or a rival reflected in a mirror
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